Abtreibung
German, noun/ˈapˌtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ/
Abtreibung is spelled A-B-T-R-E-I-B-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abtreibung is a German feminine noun meaning “abortion (of a human embryo, fetus, or baby)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eingriff zur gezielten Abtötung und Entfernung eines Embryos beziehungsweise Fötus aus der Gebärmutter”.
What does Abtreibung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabortion (of a human embryo, fetus, or baby)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eingriff zur gezielten Abtötung und Entfernung eines Embryos beziehungsweise Fötus aus der Gebärmutter
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Abtreibung
- Abtreibungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abtreibung?
- /ˈapˌtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ/
- [ˈapˌtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abtreibung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abtreibung in German?
Abtreibung appears 3.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).